The results also show that social inter- action ties and shared knowledge-sharing vision are the antecedent factors of interpersonal trust, and that uncertainty regarding knowledge sharing is increased by seeker absorptive capability concerns, reciprocity concerns and fear of losing knowledge power.
In this model, interpersonal trust is considered a crucial factor influencing intra-organisational knowledge sharing and is associated with social interaction ties and a shared knowledge-sharing vision, according to SCT literature (Tsai & Ghoshal, 1998; Levin & Cross, 2004).